What's New in ToPIX

Each week TED sends out an email highlighting new talks available on their website.  I had a backlog going back to August of psych-related TED talks.  I finally added them to ToPIX as well as a couple other video links I had lying around.  If your favorite TED talk isn't available in ToPIX please consider adding it.

By the way, TED has made it easy to download their videos if you don't want to rely on your classroom's internet connection.  See this blog post.

Neuroscience Videos

• Allan Jones on mapping the brain.
• Paul Zak on oxytocin's role.
• Iain McGilchrist on "the real differences between the right and left halves of the human brain."

Sensation Video

• Todd Kuiken on the next generation of prosthetics -- those that connect to the nervous system.

Emotion Video

• Pamela Meyer, author of Lie Spotting, on how to detect lying.

Development Video

• Alison Gopnik on the information babies take in.

Gender/Sexuality Video

• Amy Lockwood on how one should be more thoughtful on how one markets free condoms.

Social Video

• Derren Brown recreates one of Milgram's obedience studies.
• Philip Zimbardo on why boys are faring less well than girls.
• Lauren Zalaznick on how television "reflects who we truly are."

Language Video

• Mark Pagel on how language evolved to foster cooperation.